The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground